subversive
English Thesaurus
1. a radical supporter of political or social revolution (noun.person)
hypernym | : | radical, |
definition | : | a person who has radical ideas or opinions (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | dynamiter, dynamitist, |
definition | : | a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | girondin, girondist, |
definition | : | a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | danton, georges jacques danton, |
definition | : | French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | che guevara, ernesto guevara, guevara, |
definition | : | an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | jean paul marat, marat, |
definition | : | French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | jose julian marti, marti, |
definition | : | Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | karl marx, marx, |
definition | : | founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | leon trotsky, lev davidovich bronstein, trotsky, |
definition | : | Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | emiliano zapata, zapata, |
definition | : | Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919) (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | chou en-lai, zhou en-lai, |
definition | : | Chinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976) (noun.person) |
2. in opposition to a civil authority or government (adj.all)
similar | : | disloyal, |
definition | : | deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle (adj.all) |
3. a radical supporter of political or social revolution (noun.person)
derivation | : | revolution, |
definition | : | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed (noun.act) |
derivation | : | revolutionism, |
definition | : | a belief in the spread of revolutionary principles (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | revolution, |
definition | : | a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving (noun.event) |
derivation | : | revolutionary, |
definition | : | advocating or engaged in revolution (adj.all) |
4. in opposition to a civil authority or government (adj.all)
derivation | : | sedition, |
definition | : | an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government (noun.act) |
derivation | : | insurgence, insurgency, |
definition | : | an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict (noun.act) |
5. a radical supporter of political or social revolution (noun.person)
derivation | : | revolution, |
definition | : | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed (noun.act) |
derivation | : | revolutionism, |
definition | : | a belief in the spread of revolutionary principles (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | revolution, |
definition | : | a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving (noun.event) |
derivation | : | revolutionary, |
definition | : | advocating or engaged in revolution (adj.all) |
6. in opposition to a civil authority or government (adj.all)
derivation | : | sedition, |
definition | : | an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government (noun.act) |
derivation | : | insurgence, insurgency, |
definition | : | an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict (noun.act) |
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